Great burgers at a pretty decent price, with a menu of different choices that don't just consist in changing the sauce or adding a slice of bacon. Mouth-watering. I'm a fan already.
Fresh pizza made with fresh ingredients and decently priced, pretty good for a beer joint that in a previous life used to be a hangout for neo-Nazis (thankfully, that's ancient history.)
More burgers! Good ones too. Eat one with a craft beer and walk out with wallet less-than-disastrously dented.
Good Italian-style pizza and the occasional salad. Not exactly cheap, but very pleasant if you're sitting outside in the sun.
Excellent Indian in a quiet and comfortable restaurant a little walk away from the hubbub of Grünerløkka.
Sometimes insanely busy, but great tapas at decent prices. Great for lunch or mid-afternoon food breaks, avoid the evening rush and weekends.
Good beers in a venue with ancient roots as a place of dubious repute, matched by traditional hearty foods.
Good Thai isn't plentiful in Oslo, but Plah delivers the goods. Quite a bit more upscale than your typical Thai joint, so don't go if you just want to score some quick carbohydrates.
Tasty Italian sandwiches and coffee just far enough from the Grünerløkka hubbub. If I had a Vespa, I'd probably park it here.
More burgers! More craft beer! Good stuff, conveniently a little off the beaten track. Or you can try Mathallen across the yard.
Delicious cocktail bar with impeccably courteous bartenders. The venue itself is draped in plants, including the herbs they use in the drinks.
One of the only fish'n'chip outlets in Oslo, located in an old fish market that is now a new fish market. (Norwegians went through a non-fish phase, but now it's been re-branded.)
Excellent but small-ish cocktail bar. Weekdays good, w'kends a bit over the top. Good choice for melancholy cocktail lovers.
Nice space with excellent cocktails. Try the whisky sour. As they say: Vær grei, eller vær hjemme.
Great cafe, lunch spot and bookstore close to the castle park. Outdoor seating in summer, spacious enough for groups.
Classic spot for art and socializing, in a gem of functionalist architecture. Now with excellent pizza from Lofthus Samvirkelag. Weekend evening crowds ramp up the artiness.
As cute as coffee shop / cocktail bar hybrids come, Fuglen stops just short of being nauseatingly authentic. Berlin slash cosmopolitan hipster feel with zest of Norway.
Cozy, maybe on the overly cozy side. Grønland tree-huggers galore. Still, a great place to hang out, especially if you're a big group.
Fuck mixology, you just need cocktails. Robinet does the best cocktails in town. And no nonsense. (It's also small enough that you might be forced to make new friends.)
Building is from the 1600's, with a great big fireplace and cozy interior. Nice and quiet, it's perfect for a civilized cup of coffee but no guarantees on the food.
Old-style pub with traditional Norwegian fare and comfortable booths. Plenty of beer, too.
Tourist kitsch slash eccentric date option, worth it for the view (esp. from the men's room, believe it or not.) Decent cocktails for indecent prices. Visit once or go to impress a date.
